Day: November 10, 2022

Mercury recorded a drop in Jammu Kashmir on Thursday amid rainfall in plains and snowfall over higher reaches. In the last 24 hours till 08:30 hours today, Gulmarg, the world-famous skiing resort, received 20cm of snowfall, a meteorological department official said. During the same time, he said, Srinagar received rainfall of 1.9mm, Qazigund 2.2mm, Pahalgam 4.6mm, Kupwara 10mm, Kokernag 0.6mm, Jammu 5.0mm, Banihal 8.2mm, Batote 12mm, Katra 15.2mm and Bhaderwah 22.4mm. Regarding the temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 4.7°C against 5.4°C on the previous night. The temperature was 2.9°C above normal for the summer capital during this time of the year, he said. Qazigund recorded a low of 5.0°C, the same as on the previous night. The temperature was 3.1°C above normal ...

The Jammu Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed to arrest militants funding and recruitment module, and also have recovered arms and ammunition from, north Kashmir's Kupwara, a police spokesperson said. According to a statement issued, a police spokesperson said that in a major success against the perpetrators of militants in Kashmir, Kupwara Police along with Army’s 21 RR and 47 RR busted a deep-rooted militants funding and recruitment module running in North Kashmir. “After receiving multiple inputs regarding an individual namely Bilal Ahmed Dar hailing from Cheerkote area of Kupwara district, a joint operation was launched by the Army and Kupwara police to nab the individual from general area Nutnussa and Lolab localities of Kupwara. After thorough interrogation, the individual revea...

The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir has produced Chargesheet against a man posing as Civil Engineer to fraudulently mint money from a man on pretext of providing building permission in Jammu. According to a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Crime Branch filed the chargesheet in case FIR No. 30/2020 U/S 420 RPC of Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir against Rajinder Pandita @Raju S/O Omkar Nath Pandita R/O A/P of Jammu before the Court of Passenger Tax Srinagar. The statement reads that the instant case had been registered upon receipt of written complaint, wherein it was alleged by the complainant that Rajinder Pandita deceived him dishonestly and fraudulently by inducing him to pay huge amount under the pretext of providing building perm...

The “only” playground used by sports enthusiasts of several villages in the Bonibagh area of Kangan of Ganderbal district is in shambles since 2019 after the debris of a landslide nearby was dumped in the ground. Although the then Deputy Commissioner assured that the ground will be brought back into its original shape, nothing has been done till date, the locals told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). They said the youth of the area and adjoining villages are left with no option but to play on this dilapidated ground as it is the only sports field for many villages. Many youths have been injured due to debris and uneven ground level, they added. “Nowadays, the Lieutenant Governor-led administration is highly promoting sports in JK, and in order to engage youth in sports acti...